Evolution in schools; legal trap (Introduction)

by xeno6696 , Sonoran Desert, Wednesday, June 13, 2012, 21:38 (4524 days ago) @ Balance_Maintained

I just described the ENIAC. Remember however, a user is still required to determine the meaning of input/output, and to verify the machine's validity. It wasn't until the 1950s where adding machines started taking the title "computer" away from humans.
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> > So in conclusion... a computer is no less complex than the human mind, because a computer (at present) can do nothing at all without a mind to interpret and evaluate results. A computer doesn't act in a vacuum. And a computer only outsources functions we already do in our own heads... meaning that a light switch, where a human mind maps "ooh" to "on," and "awww" to "off" is the simplest computer possible. Which is the same thing as a one-bead abacus.
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> Ok, then we are on the same page, as long as you are accounting for the human mind in the simpler single circuit versions then we can agree. I actually read an article on ENIAC not too long back. It was the inspiration for Spacewars!, one of the first video games ;)-You will also appreciate that games were around at the time of the ENIAC! -It used to be such an illicit activity...

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